darlak07

every instructor is different and their teaching styles and testing is different. i had instructors who taught information and taught like you were in med school. it was so way over everyones heads in our class. and she was a walking drug book. then i had instructors who lectured but gave a test that you had no idea how to answer because they never discussed it in class. and then there are the instructors that hold your hand and give you a review and tell you all that is needed to know on the test. we took tests on computers in order to simulate the nclex process. after a test we would all get together and write down as much of the test questions and answers as we all could remember. even if it was one word from a question and a one word answer. just something to trigger the right answer so that the next time you saw the question you would remember it. keep a list after each test and then go back and use it to study for your final because most teachers take questions from previous tests and put them in the final. hope this helps

i agree, i think this is very wrong. i too went to a nursing school where teachers had their pets and were partial to certain people. all the instructors were female and they tended to dote on their favorites. if you werent someone that they were partial to, you had a more difficult time in class and also in clinicals. it seemed so unfair because you could be the smartest person in the whole class but you were failed for minute details during practicums or you were grilled more during clinicals abour med administration, etc. whereas the pet got away with failing grades, etc. just remember you or someone you know are not the only person to experience bias in nursing school

i gained 40 pounds my first two semesters of nursing school. i dont know if it was the stress or the box of cereal i took to bed each night while studying care plans or for a test, but the next semester i took an exercise class and lost about 20 pounds but still retained other 20 pounds until after graduation. i got a job in the real world and lost a few more pounds. dont get discouraged. it is more important that you study and make the grade than how much you weigh or how you look when you go to class. you are doing this program to improve your life, you are not there to impress your classmates. just remember that when you graduate and pass nclex you can afford the gym membership or weight watchers or whatever you want to do or it may be that walking the halls in the hospital will help. best of luck to you

depends on your state, in texas there is a time limit and you have to take and pass boards within 4 years of graduating, if not you have to retake the program

i am also a mother of three, i think if you could find someone to help watch your kids so that you could study such as the father or grandparents or a babysitter. you might also think about take out or sandwiches for meals, this would cut down on meal prep time and clean up time. let the laundry go, let housecleaning go also. do the bare minimum, so that you can study. if your children are old enough assign them chores and get your husband to help with meals and chores also, this might free up time for you. also take your study materials and study on your breaks at work and on your lunch break, go to a park or some other quiet place and just study. hope this might help

thanks for ya'lls replies, it is encouraging to get information from others

i am serious about reporting everything, even if you dont think it is important. each state is different but it is better to declare a traffic ticket that was adjudicated, etc than not to. in texas when they do background check everything shows up even stuff that was dismissed, adjudicated, etc and they will accuse you of falsely declaring. i think it is better to list everything than not to, just to be on the safe side. just because the application or declaratory doesnt ask for something, doesnt mean that it wont be questioned..

where do you find kaplan q bank and does it cost $?

this is to whom ever has to submit a declaratory order to the board in texas, be sure to disclose everything even the littlest of details even if it was dropped or dismissed or restitution made, etc., if fail to disclose everything the board will come back at you and say that you failed to disclosed everything and deny or request more money and more information which will take longer to process. i had a guy in my class who did not disclose something that happened 10 years previously that was dismissed. you wouldnt think that it wouldnt matter because it was dismissed but the board came back and said he failed to disclose information.

what about the new format questions? how many did you get and how hard are they? i am freaking out about them because you get no credit if you partially get it right

i have been out of school for over three years and am waiting to hear on taking boards. i feel like i will only have one chance at the test because texas has a time limit on taking boards. you must take and pass boards within 4 years of graduating from school or retake the program. i have several nclex study books but get discouraged when open them because i feel like i do not remember anything from school. i was a straight A student during nursing school but could not take boards at that time due to personal situations. i feel like if i could have taken boards after graduation i would have passed without even studying. Also the new format questions are freaking me out. i am open to any and all suggestions on how to study, what to study, etc.

i too have been out to school for about 3 years and have yet to take boards. i have applied just waiting to hear. how is it that you have been out of school for so long and still taking boards, what state do you live in? i live in texas and they have a time limit on taking boards after you graduate from school, you have to take boards within 4 years of graduating, if not you have to retake a nursing school program. when i hear about taking boards, it will probably be my only chance at the test because of this time limit. any suggestions from anyone on studying? i dont feel like i remember anything, even though i made straight A's while in school.

i hope that you passed your exam, i too am scared to take boards. i graduated nursing school in may 05 and am just now waiting to hear about taking test. i have studied some but get discouraged because i feel that i dont remember anything. does anyone else have any suggestions for me? i plan on using suzannes plan also

i too have been out to school for about 3 years and plan on taking nclex in april 09, any suggestions for studying? i feel like i dont remember anything from school